this post was submitted on 19 Dec 2024
684 points (99.3% liked)

Games

16936 readers
272 users here now

Video game news oriented community. No NanoUFO is not a bot :)

Posts.

  1. News oriented content (general reviews, previews or retrospectives allowed).
  2. Broad discussion posts (preferably not only about a specific game).
  3. No humor/memes etc..
  4. No affiliate links
  5. No advertising.
  6. No clickbait, editorialized, sensational titles. State the game in question in the title. No all caps.
  7. No self promotion.
  8. No duplicate posts, newer post will be deleted unless there is more discussion in one of the posts.
  9. No politics.

Comments.

  1. No personal attacks.
  2. Obey instance rules.
  3. No low effort comments(one or two words, emoji etc..)
  4. Please use spoiler tags for spoilers.

My goal is just to have a community where people can go and see what new game news is out for the day and comment on it.

Other communities:

Beehaw.org gaming

Lemmy.ml gaming

lemmy.ca pcgaming

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works
684
Balatro dev: Talked with PEGI and they do not see anything wrong Balatro being rated 18+, nor with EA sports FC (and similar games) having a 3+ rating (x.com)
submitted 2 days ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works
145 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] FurtiveFugitive@lemm.ee 80 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is the rating purely because it uses playing cards? Poker hands?

Yahtzee and literal poker with betting are included in Nintendo clubhouse/worldwide 51 and it's rated Pegi-12.

Would balatro get a pass if it used cards numbered 1-13 instead of traditional cards?

This whole thing is bonkers.

[–] forgotaboutlaye@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Anyone can walk into a store and buy a deck of cards.

I bet the gift shop of any casino in Las Vegas would sell a souvenir deck of cards to a kid without a second thought.

[–] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Kmart and target both sell literal "poker kits" with decks of cards and chips with no restriction on who can buy it. In the toy section with the other board games no less.

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Where the fuck are you going to Kmart?

[–] theonlytruescotsman@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He's Australian, Kmart is still fully operational in kangaroo land

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The logical conclusion is that Australia isn't just "down under," it's the underworld where call failed American chains go after they die.

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Let's go to Venture!

[–] PuddleOfKittens@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Okay then, how does Hungry Jacks fit into that chain of logic?

[–] dumbass@leminal.space 3 points 2 days ago

Well, the burgers are better at hungry jacks!

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Burger King just hasn't died yet.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago

If it wasn't for regulations, they'd happily let the kids shovel their money into the slots.

Used to do that all the time as a kid, but a slot machine taking 2 pence a time is a far cry from one where you give it your bank card and go ham.